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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03

From the Detroit Free Press.


SAY! femme use your telephone minit?r he
exclaimed, as he rushed into an Office on Griswold
street.
certainly"
''Hello! hello! Give me 62O5. Is that you darl-
ing:"
(..Yes.rD
'-say, pet, I left my wallet on the dresser with
S:,-e in IL. Did you lind it?"
Good! 'Fraid lost It on the street. Big load
on nay mind. Shall bring up those shoes?"
c'Yes1
I'm dead broke, you know, but perhaps can
borrow 50 until after dinner, so as not to disap-
point you. Good bye, darling"
('Good bye, sweetneSS.O
SAY, he said 10 the man at the desk, 'sperhaps
fve?'
The occupant pointed over his shoulder to the
door.
.'what? Skip?"
eyes"
''roO Old?"
s'YeS."
"Been caught before?"
"Yes."
81 skip! Good bye!p
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Murdered His RiAhOu.
THE GENTLEAASLY PERSON WHO TOLD ri
SEGHEKS he MUST DIE.

THE GENTLEAASLY PERSON WHO TOLD BISHOP
sEGHEfS he MUST DIE.
Chas d. Kennedy, third lieutenant OF the IT, s.
steamer Bear, now cruising in the Arctic Ocean,
writes home TO his father, at New Bedford, Mass,
under date OF July 10:
"Aftef leaving Ounalaska we visited st. Mich
aels, and there / arrested Frank Fuller for the
murder OF Bishop Seghers IN November. will
turn the prisoner over 70 the authorities at Ouna-
laSka on the return Of the Bear. The man is one
OF the most gentlemanly ever met, and Is, /
think, undoubtedly insane on one point. He thinks
his LIE was In constant danger, and that the
bishop was planning TO have him killed. lie
awoke the bishop, told him that one OF them
must die, and that as the bishop was the better
prepared he must be the one He Tired his rifle,
and the bullet struck the bishop In the forehead,
passing out through the back of his head. He then
Drought the body 10 ST. Michaeis on dog Sled and
The body Is now In possession OF one OF fathers
Fuller was not priest, but simply an attendant
OF the bishop. and WINS very handy, as well as
quite an intelligent man. He is very quiet on
board, wears rosary around bis neck, and spends
most Oh ais time reading his prayer book. In an
entry Whlch Bishop Segners made In his diary he
said for The third time he had noticed unmistak-
able signs OF insanity IN Fuller. The bishop was
universally loved by the Indians, miners and all
Win WHOM he Cams In contact"
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From "Our Eartn and Its Sto-yn

From Our Earth and Its Story"
In the Yellowstone country large hotel is
erected upon great geyser terrace, and a dor
EianG water-crater Is the receptacle for all the
house drainage; and in the same romantic region
the Chinese laundryman attached to one OF the
hotels gets through his labUrs by throwing the
Clothes into bubbling, rrothy pool and fishing
tIem ouI when they have been tossed about
enough Legs are often boiled In the island
Y-S SeIf5 and bacon - tried Oh the Hawaiian inya
s-ieaA1S. IN the RotorUa area OF New Zealand the
cdhkS cf the lake are 50 perforated VIII Springs
taat every native hut Las Its o"n Natural boiler
when is Used a kitchen. The kul.I,a snrinv ~
Strongly alkaline, and, on account Oh its saUon-
aceous qualities, Is utilized general wasl.uD.
ortlon OF the tourist program. Tea Is INFUSED
with water nom the Great Geyser, and trout are
iSlIed in the Bleoi, or hOi-wa;e- pond. They re-
uire To be Immersed for about twenty minutes to
be COOKED a turn ~
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HE STALKS THEM DURING THE MIDNIGHT HOURS
LAsSoES THEM, AND EATS THEN.

HE STALKS THEM DURING THE MIDNIGHT HOURS,
LAsSOES THEM, AND EATS THEM
From the New York Herald.
The victim OF an unusual appetite IS Charles
Rider. 1t might be called morbid appetite, for
the bonnie 6ouche which Rider prefers above all
other dainttes Is a Cat. Rider is cOlOred tramp
who came originally from Delaware, but during
the last year he has been providing about New
York waging vOraciouS war upon all stray felines.
TWO months ago he was arrested and sent to the
Island for catching. killing, and devouring raw a
brindle cat, one moonlight night, On Wooster
street. His term, however, expired on SATURDAY
morning, and on the evening or the same day he
was again at work stalking his favorite game
street. His equipment was simple, as every true
SpOrtsman'S should be. II consisted OF a light
weight club and supple but rather short-range
laSSo made OF an OLD SuSpender and piece Of
telephone wire.
The best time for cats, according to those who
have listened 10 them, is anywhere from midnight
until dawn, so Rider, who is deeply versed in The
habits OF the animal did not begin operations
until about II o'clock. AT this grews0me hour
he stole forth from his covert and began to travel
nOrthward. But although he used every vile he
Was acquainted with not cat could he caxch all
Washington Square Tommy and tabby proved
equally elusive, and, finally, at O'clock yester-
day morning, tired, hungry, and discouraged,
Rider sat down on an ash barrel at the corner OF
9th avenue and 22d street and glared
hOpeiessly at the shadowy places around him
While he was giaring long, lank creature stole
forth from under butchers wagon and. made
straight for the ash BARREL but when its yellow
eyes fell upon Rider it halted and shifted the night
ar SuSpiclously. Rider sat motionIesS and The
creature concluding that he was only an unusually
large bundle OF rags, crepJ nearer, intent upon the
fragrant contents OF the ash barrel. Ten long
seconds OF suspense and then Rider, with unerring
accuracy. cast the laSso over the creatures neck
What followed was well told TO Justice Duffy by
Policeman Callahan, OF the Goth street station, in
Jefferson M.rket Police Court.
'fhe G!rthy bPggur," said he, "jerrucked the
moose so guici; :iiat tae poor craytur hadn't time
TO sly WorrUG. I'd been watchin him from a
dark spot near by, and started for him on the
quiet. He didn't hear me, but just soU there on
the ash barrul and begun TO ate that poor cat
coilarej him AZ snnn as could bur 49, uo:
LEFT Of the cas- WAS dead, so Lett 1t, your honor,
and locked him up.'
Justice DUFFY looked rather shaky when the
po!iceman3 tale was done, and lnOtiouul the
prisoner away frOli; the desk"
'Theres no use talking TO beast like you, said
he. 'IT5 like iecturing u hyena-two months on
the island
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The Journey of the shah.

Berlin Dispatch to the London Daily News.
According 10 the latest news from Teheran the
Shah OF Persia viii make his tour In Europe next
spring. In response to an invitation OF the Eng
llsh court he will first proceed to London, via ST.
Petersburg and Berlin lie will next go through
Germany, with view to inspect the
various Industries OF the country This
portion OF his journey is said 10 BE made
with The object or directing German enterprise
toward Persia In reality the Resources OF that
country have never been fully developed, and
large profits may be expected when attention is
thoroughly awakened to the import anca Oh the
matter. The journey OF the shah ~ tGls country
shows that lie attaches great imports nce 10 en-
couraeinS Trade between Persia and Germany He
Is also anxious 10 visit The emperor, Tor whom lie
has conceived an ardent veneTatiOn. Particular
care Will De taken in selecting the travelling suite
SO as 10 avoid the elements OF Intrigue which were
50 ri1e during the last Journey OF the shan Quiet
now prevails at Iehertn
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Italians at Home.

wRETCHED CONDITION OF THE PEASASTRY IN HIM.
BERTS KINGDOM.
From the Nineteenth Century.
1t would be difficult to NHaggerate the miserable
condition OF the agricultural population In Italy,
the wretched dwellings, the unwhoesome food
the amount OF disease, the low wages the want OF
morality and Of education. The diseases produced
by unsanitary conditions are fearful. II the
"pelagra which Is akin to leprosy, the body dries
up and wastes away, the skin grows yellow and
black, and is covered with scales; it loses all feel
Ing, SO that prick or cut Is scarcely perceived.
slnaliy the pasien inert, apathetic, mouonless,
MUMMY uiconsclousiy awaiting the opening OF
hts grave 1t Is sometimes said to arise from ex-
ceSSive poverty and starvation. but" says the re-
port, "wny are there SD many vi.iages where the
country people are almost Gyiu2. OF hunger with
Out single Cast whi:s IL 1. found in others not
USE Of putrid and molly maize, often exchanged
by the !llel for better corn, but also brought i'm
from abroaG; the bread IS made into epOrmOu;
loayes, baked thus to save firing the inside OF
which grows putrid before the weeks end, watch
they are intended TO las'. ''Other diseases, though
less heard OF, are quite az uumerous-scrorio
chest complaints, in some valleys cretinlsm."
1t sounds strange In our ears TO talk OF consump-
which we have considered the north to have s,sd
monopoly. Malaria and fevers OF difrereut kinds
are extremely common In I.astium, Lombardy aud
| other parts Terttan levers are as dangerous "a
the pellagra In the Roman Campagna and ;ha irrt.
gated country OF Lombardy. "Where marshes
exist man cannot live; II he does not destroy the
marsh the marsh destroys him." The excessiyeiV
divided property In parts OF Italy is such as to re-
duce 1t to mere proletariate OF owners abnor.
maily lodged and Ill nourished, who could NOT nos
Slbly carry out any sanitary improvements. even
II decreed by law. Health and morality are }nsen
arably bound up together; for instance, about
Rome there is zone OF small properties amount
Ing to about 5000 acres. Here the want of water
OF proper houses and cultivation and the total
absence OF roads at the very gates OF the Eternal
City, greatly dimin1shes the value OF the soil
The result Is curious as told by Catholic Oh.
server: The few times the peasants earn money
they drink to excess, SO as to be seen rolling on
abominable vice. Education is almost nil In
place OF religion 5here Is the grossess su,arsItion
dogs are drilled; the men gabb,e LAIN nrsyars
and have no notion OF duty. BY a few Di,ssrr.
ances bad women and brigands contr;ye to can-
tenpence TO one shilling day, but there are nearly
100 festival days Farm servants, who are clothed
women from one shilling to three shiifinps
month. ~~'oS -
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THE PROBLEM OF THE hustle.
American Women in Paris Who Have
started q New Revelation.

Paris Correspondence of the London telegraph
Finding myself the other day in the company Of
some charming American women, and noting the
almost entire absence Of anything like tour,.ure
TO mar the lowing lines OF their most becoming
and long trailing gowns 1 began to put some faith
in the report that we are on the eve OF another
dress revolution. 1t will not be the first time by
any means, that our Transatlantic friends have
taken the Initiative believe crinone ITSELF was
an American Invention, therefore it is meet that
they should make society amends for the ar
tis1c wrong done to it. Perhaps it is going too
far to hope that we are TO return to scvlpJural
folds once more and clinging skirts, or that the
change contemplated Is the complete eradication
from feminine skirts OF all such substances as
steel and hOrSehair. This, almost all akerS
will tel YOU Is impossible nor IS it, perhaps ad
view that the transformation should be sudden
and absolute
What would be done with the dresses now in
wear? They would have to be either set aside
altogether or altered, and the possessOrs thereof
must either demand an increased uress allowance
maids, more often themselves, to Wholesale un-
ripping and remaking. All skirts to set well, as
1t is must be cut inches longer behind, If not
more, 10 give the springs and cushion fair play
Now, In the case Of round skirts worn entirely
without tou,nOure, the back breaduhs need be no
longer than the front. There is no doubt that the
dress improver is Of signal service where draped
skirts are concerned. Indeed, custom has rend-
cred II almost u necessity, or SO ordinary Dress
therefore, 1t Is very probable that the promised
revolution viii only be halt-hearted one after ALL
anu tilat II little or no support be provided for
training robes or those which sweep the ground
after the new manner, only fe'S inches, costumes
made with draped upper skirts viii be to degree
sustained, rs heretofore on a substrata OF Steel
and horse hair.
BE thiS as it may, everything points toward a
deciiei reduction in the volume Of skirts; the
question w;ll be-is, al.nost-how to do with the
least possible amoiu. o. improvement" where
as hitherto IL has been all the other way. Worth
has for so.I.e months past lett very little room
tne 1ouldatlon skirt for ans extra fitness at the
back, and IN the arrangement OF the upper
draperleS simplicity is and has been the prolni-
n n, feature. couple OF breadths, lined or mere
fall loosely; or one single wide breadth OF wooden
mas tWo or It's sides arranged IN folds, so that i
single long point hangs behind; or again, tue
Junlc is second rather svanty skirt lifted up in
one or two places at the sides The dressmakers
VINO peat and gather large quantity OF stuff
about lady'S figure are not following the best
models, and l must warn the reader against
initiating too closely the plates in the fashion
books
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Beating the Weighing Machine,

HOW TO GET WEIGHED FOR NOTHING ON THE
SCALES THAT HAVE TO BE FED A NICKEL.
From the New York Sun.
''See US beat de machine" said young man.
who with three young women, stood beside the
automatic weighing machine that stands in the
Staten Island ferry pavilion at the Battery. He
stepped on the platform and put q nickel
in the Slide and at once the pointer in
dicated his weight. Then, with one foot
still on The platform he made room FOR one OF
the young women. When She was on safely he
took his FOOT of until the pointer Indicated htI
weight. when he stepped back On and held down
the platform until another one had safely bal.
anced herself on Il. This process was repeated
not only for the three young women but for
another young women, who was accoilpan MED
by boy OF about four years. besides man
who appeared to be her husband. The
man was going to get On after his wife had
weighed herself, but stopped and Said: "Let the
KID so first" The boy got On. He weighed
thirty-three pounds. When the man got on he
found that another nickel would be needed be-
cause the catch In the machine operates at about
40 bounds.
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What Shall We DO with Our Dau~h.
1erSe

!" NAT SO0k2 we 1SO with DIR h.
terSs
E. Shuster in the North American Review.
All over Germany exist what are called usnar-
cassen" Saving banks, which correspond IN n
measure, to the endowment plan of the American
assurance companies. The best known 10 the
"Wilhelmscasse," named after the emperor who
is its patron. At the birth of a GIRL tho fo,hor
and mother insure her (kanfen sic ELM IN Such
casse for as much as they are able to bestOw
year on the future OF their new born bahy "irji
The amount Is paid annually. The casse laws mt
the money In benalf OF the insured. ar iniereSt
chiefly In real estate In this way the money e.cm
mulates and at eighteen, or her majority the Girl
Is the pOSseSSOr OF snug little capital irhis Ell
serve her TO study any favored profession on r.
some good conservatory, or start in business and
last, but not least, buy her trousseau. If se has
chance TO follow woman's :rlest mission.
Now, why cannot well-to-dO American xvoy,en
establish such way or providing for their lees
fortunate SfsterSf What blessed 0tft frnrn ooi
mother TO poor little girl such an ins,srssnc ro
would bel truly believe It would give zeal and
announcement TO many true poor parents n nv
this small economy they could help 10 nnir3de tnr
their dearoneS IL is better than lie tnsursnc "a
for 1t takes away the 'sttng OF deafh ~ ali ~
live and enjoy the fruit OF their econoynvi Mnsy
much better yearly outlay would ns FOR ,enn,o
In moderate circumstances, than In cost}T tpvs
and extravagant dress, by which chii<iren az S,s
brought up TO expectations. va 80
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The Potent Steam Wf.i.tIc.
STANLEY AND OTHER EXPLORERS SOARING THE NJ
T1vES OUT OF THEIR WITS

STANLEY AND OTHER EXPLORERS Soaring THE Ma
TIvES OUT OF THEIR WITS.
The New York Sun says: When the traveller
takes steamboat for the first time up an unex-
plored river he usually finds That the whistle is as
potent as a bowitzer wolid be in keeping I'M
friendly natives at a respectful distance The
caDe informed us tue other day that when Stanley
reached the big town OF falnbunga. on the Aruwimi
aver, the village was depopulated In twinkiing
When they found that nothing had hur, tnen,
however, they came back. The scare they got may
have accounted for the friendly reception they
gave Stanley. When he visited this town several
years ago the people would lot sell him a particle
or food. They had an abundance, as ne was able
TO ascertain, though they pleaded that they were
In starving condition. This time, however, they
SOLD him plenty OF eatables, and did what they
could TO speed him on his Way.
Nothing lmpresses savage more than a big
noise, and nothing inspires him with greater ter
for than noise he does not understand. Baron
Won SchWerin says that firearms chiefly useful
TO the congo natives for the n Use they can make
with them. He thinks the native with gun In
his hand is not half so much to be feared as when
ne is armed with his lance. Fl1ntlOck muskeus
and gunpOwdCr are two leading articles OF Import
into the Congo region, but as yet the natives use
them merely to contribute regular Fourth OF
July racket to all festive occasions. Whole kegs
OF gunpOWder are sometimes burned to celebrate q
victory III war or the advent or a new chief Some
times the Wretched guns burst, to the great per-
sonal injury OF The men who handle them, but
these tragic Incidents do not shake the native
Eutn IN the white mans shooting iron, as, on the
whole, very Innocent and most enjoyable play
thing.
But these pulling steamboats, that are evidently
things OF life are great OF terror on first
acquaintance, and when the strange swimming
monsters emit an unearthly shrek every body
within hearing feels that it is high time to take to
the woods. Grenfell, Wolf and other Congo ex-
piorers tr1unphantly proved the efficacy OF the
steam whistle on occasions when the natives were
determined to be hostile at short range; and when
capt. Everill assembled the Fly River, In New
Guinea, Two years ago, meeting many unfriendly
tribes, blast from the steam whistle was usually
enough TO cause let up in the showers OF arrows
that everywhere greeted him
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DIT. Joseph Parker n London Daily News
In some religious denominations there .s as ron
know, greater liberty OF speech than ia Others.
Allow me TO illustrate THIS. tory was taking
part strange as 1t may appear III a prayer meet
Ing, and in his intercessicGs he eaoresse anxiety
for the union OF tories aud un.oa.sta. 'ord" said
he, '.may they all hang .0gaGnef" "an,sa. - in
terrupted another; ".-0r1, LEI item ali nany To-;
gether." "Not, Lore" said tie i;rsG speaker s..n
the sense which o.- oroiler means, but let them
hang together L. accord ard concord 1Any cord
VIII do Lord any coro Viii DO" continued the rad
1cal interruUJer
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From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Nine. PATHS kindly deeds for the poor who live
In the neighborhOod Of her castle in Wales have
often been spoken OF. Our correspondent there
sends US the following story about the great
Drma donna 1t comes from the rural district Of
Ystradgynlais, in which is situated the Welsh
seat OF Nine Patti, CraigynOS Castle. An artisan
who was out or employment was making his way
from Brecon TO swansea in search OF work, ac-
companied by his wife and their child, eighteen
months Old. They had lost their way and
tramped all night over mountain, and, having
sank exhausted by the wayside. Presently Nine.
Patti drove up in her carriage, binding the un-
fortunate woman in helpless condition had her
at once conveyed to the castle. Shortly after her
arrival the woman gave birth to boy, and the
report states that both mother and child are doing
well at the castle, and that 1T Is intended to
christen the child with an appropriate name in re-
memDrance OF The occasion
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HONE-SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Mrs. ADALINE PARET ATWATER win take ten or
Girls to be educated with her giving
her own oversight with the assistance Of Thoroughly
grounds pleasant Terms moderate. School year from
October to the second Thursday in June. For par
ticulars, address MRS. A. p. ATWATER
Mechanlcsv1lle St Mary's Co.. Nd
Reference: Right Rev. William Paret b. D., LID.
Bishop of Maryland au11
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LAsxErs LoAx Orrncr,

NO. S6l fennsytvanaa avonuo northwest
Money Loaned ca Gold and silver watchas Dia-
LsSSl;S;c ga Ss rs sV %;;;1R ARR
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nICKINsoN COLLEGE, CARLISLE, Pa, FALL
term. opens September is; four year courses:
Iansgage. Facilities. n all respect. impgOyed; reH
equipped gymnasium Tuition. by scholarship, S6.x5
year; y sonsof minister's free. Cost Of living OK
cepttOnally cheap The Preparatory School with new
and excellent ations aims at thorough and
expeditous preparation for college For catalogue OF
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